Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Published: Jan 31, 2009

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Characters

Storm

Complimentary Assists

Psylocke - α

Sentinel - γ

Captain Commando - α

Storm is the consummate all-rounder. While she doesn't have any singular areas where she excels, she has zero weaknesses. And because of her excellent runaway game, she can usually dictate the pace of the fight, with and without an assist to back her up.

To understand Storm, you must first know her runaway. Super jump with Storm and you can hold to float slowly to the ground. While floating, rapidly tap j.HP to not only make a lot of noise but also build meter. You can air dash at the peak of your super jump for extra hang time, and after you've floated down a bit you can perform Storm's Lightning Attack into the air to gain even more height. From the top of the screen, start summoning Typhoons to stall longer. Put it altogether and you can be in the air for five or more seconds which is a good way to waste time on the clock and also reset the action to your advantage.

But runaway isn't Storm's only strength. She's also got solid rushdown, similar to Magneto. Wave dash at opponents and use triangle jumps to get around their defenses. Check our Advanced Techniques section for tips on those two techniques. Once you hit the opponent, Storm has solid combo options. On the ground, you can control the pace with a safer strategy of triangle jumping backward, throwing out j.HPs to build meter, and occasionally throwing out a Whirlwind xx Hail Storm attack for chip damage (and to punish assists that get left on the screen.

And for your joyous joys, a combo.

c.LK s.LP s.HK (super jump) j.LP j.LK j.LP j.LK xx Lightning Attack (x2) xx Lightning Storm - This is Storm's basic bread and butter combo. Land the c.LK to start the combo (or land a triangle jump attack) and launch with s.HK to bring the combo to the air. A quick magic series string later and you can combo in Lightning Storm, which can be executed twice in a row before canceling into Storm's Lightning Storm hyper combo. If you've got Sentinel playing backup, this is a good opportunity to DHC into Sentinel's Hyper Sentinel Force for tons of damage.